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Decision Quotes


"If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences."


"The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions."


"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."


"I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore."


"He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision."


"Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn."


"Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it."


"If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision."


"I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude."


"Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."


"I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision."


"I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision."


"I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one."


"Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!"


"Do not only think about it, but feel about it, also, before taking appropriate action."


"You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation."


"But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information."


"I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion."


"We're making our decisions - or so we think. Yet in truth, ignorance, greed, and the scourge of immediate gratification are often the things that are making them. So if we're going to truly live well, maybe the first thing we need to decide is who's deciding."


"Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision."


"Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many of the things I had learned while I was away from the band. It sort of vindicated my decision to leave in '87."


"So, I completely and utterly support David and Gillian's decision to go to Los Angeles, but I think that Vancouver is the perfect location for the show."


"Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made."


"It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to choose, it would be a very difficult decision."


"There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important."


"In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision."


"My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think."


"Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want."
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